Ron Wilson (footballer, born 1941)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Ronald Wilson | ||
| Date of birth | 6 September 1941 | ||
| Place of birth | Edinburgh, Scotland | ||
| Playing position | Left back | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Tynecastle Athletic | |||
| Musselburgh Athletic | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1959–1963 | Stoke City | 11 | (0) |
| 1963–1970 | Port Vale | 264 | (5) |
| 1971–1977 | Hellenic | ||
| Caverswall | |||
| Lambourne | |||
| Total | 275+ | (5+) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Ronald Wilson (born 6 September 1941) is a Scottish former footballer who played as a left-back. He played 300 games in an eleven-year career in the Football League, scoring five goals.
After playing for youth sides Tynecastle Athletic and Musselburgh Athletic, he signed with Stoke City in 1959. He failed to make much of an impact, and was sold on to Port Vale in 1963 for a £12,000 fee (in a package deal that also included Jackie Mudie). He spent seven years with Vale, winning the club's Player of the Year award in 1968–69, and helping the club to win promotion out of the Fourth Division in 1969–70. He departed for South Africa in December 1970 due to his son's ill health, and spent five years with Hellenic, later returning to the UK with Caverswall and Lambourne.
Wilson played for Tynecastle Athletic and Musselburgh Athletic, before joining Second Division Stoke City in 1959. He made seven appearances in 1959–60, though Wilson played just the one game in 1960–61, after Tony Waddington replaced Frank Taylor as manager. He was used just once in 1962–63, as the "Potters" won promotion to the First Division as champions of the Second Division. Having failed to displace Tony Allen as left-back, Wilson left the club in November 1963, after making two top-flight appearances in 1963–64.
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